Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, Ed Begley |
Director |
Woody Allen |
Screenplay | Woody Allen |
Cinematography | Harris Savides |
Editing | Alisa Lepselter |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
Made in | 2009 |
Produced by | Sony Pictures Classics, Wild Bunch, Gravier Productions, Perdido Productions |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
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Genre | Comedy |
Language | Moderate and infrequent |
Nudity | Some, photographic |
Sex | Innuendo and inferences |
Violence | None |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | Some |
Drug abuse | Alcohol in social context |
Comments | None |
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Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith Allen curbs your enthusiasm | 10 | |
Cape Times Kenneth Turan 'Whatever' works for fans | 5 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 15 | |
eye Weekly Adam Nayman Not only is Whatever Works worse than Anything Else, the previous low-water mark in the increasingly swampy filmography of Woody Allen, it may actually be worse than anything else, period. | 1 | |
Rolling Stone Peter Travers Whatever Works feels like something out of time and, worse, out of step. | 13 | |
ScreenIt C. Fuchs Fitfully amusing, but uneven and without enough deep humor to pave over the misanthropy, elitism, religion bashing and the fairly creepy and clearly never once believable May-December romance pairing, the film tries to operate via its titular philosophy, but it's unlikely Whatever Works will work for everyone. | 8 | |
Metacritic.com 30 critics | 9 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 120 critics | 11 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Based upon a script written in the 1970s, Woody Allen's Whatever Works suffers from a lack of fresh ideas. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 4846 Netizens Bleakly funny | 15 | |
Average .. 49% | 10 |